Gwangju City Takes Proactive Steps to Manage Social Infrastructure

Announcement of the '1st Infrastructure Management Plan'... Approved by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Review

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 29th that it has established the ‘1st Infrastructure Management Plan (2020?2025)’ for infrastructure facilities managed by the city and received approval from the government (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport).

This management plan is a five-year comprehensive plan established for proactive maintenance and performance improvement of infrastructure facilities in accordance with the ‘Sustainable Infrastructure Management Basic Act’ enacted in January. It passed the review of the Infrastructure Management Committee, composed of government officials from related ministries of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and private experts.

Since 2018, Gwangju has proactively managed infrastructure by implementing the ‘Gwangju Infrastructure 100-Year Project’ as a mayoral pledge. Among the 17 metropolitan local governments nationwide, Gwangju and Seoul Metropolitan City are the only ones to set management plans and infrastructure management goals this year.

The infrastructure management plan covers eight types of facilities, establishing the management status, management goals, basic directions, maintenance, and performance improvement measures for a total of 977 infrastructure facilities and 7,865 km of pipeline facilities.

Gwangju plans to secure national funds and reduce its budget by participating in the ‘Infrastructure Change-Up Contest Project’ for aging infrastructure, which the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is scheduled to promote in January next year.

Jung Min-gon, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, said, “To ensure the smooth implementation of the 1st Infrastructure Management Plan, we have decided to prepare and announce minimum maintenance standards and performance improvement standards,” adding, “We will systematically manage infrastructure to create a safe city for citizens.”

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